heard” of others who have downloaded movies, for example, there seems to be an acceptance that there is problems with the practice and agreement that it must be stopped.
However when the discussion of the legality of pasting a google image within a blog arises, students are frankly startled– its a picture, why bother– why the fuss?
Think about it– many are to blame for this attitude in copyright to pictures. Google Images allow easy access to copy and paste– and those art teachers for allowing students to trace in the first place.
Kidding aside, two main differences may impact attitude. Movies are commercially available to a wider extent- DVD’s/theatres for example– and of greater interest– than pictures. It is also easier to copy a movie than a poster–in fact, since posters are much cheaper than a movie, it may be easier just to purchase the picture and be done with it!
Students seem to be warming to Creative Commons, but considering how easy it is just to copy and paste almost anything to “anywhere”, the message of copyright infringement of pictures continues to be, in my opinion, an issue of minor concern to many of my students.
